Congressional candidate defends golden parachute

Video by fox4now.com

Video by fox4now.com

Congressional candidate defends golden parachute

By Warren Wright. CREATED Mar 19, 2014

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla.- One of the Republicans running to replace disgraced former congressman Trey Radel is picking up a tea party endorsement at the same time he's coming under increasing attack from fellow Republicans.

Curt Clawson's opponents say his past business decisions are not in line with tea party principles.

Clawson has received the endorsement of a political action committee (PAC) known as the Tea Party Express.

Like many tea party groups, the Tea Party Express claims to be against governmental bailouts.

But Clawson's opponents in the Republican primary are sending out political mailers accusing of him orchestrating bailouts and profiting from them when he was in the corporate world.

At today's endorsement announcement at his campaign headquarters in Bonita Springs, Clawson made it clear he wasn't going to address the accusations his fellow Republicans are making about his past.

"Today we want to concentrate on a more important movement which is the Tea party Express," said Clawson.

"I think its a natural marriage between the tea party and me," he added.

"We have the same values and we have the same worries," said Clawson.

He left soon after.

His staff said he had other pressing engagements.

Fox 4 wanted to ask him about the latest attack mailer against him.

The mailer refers to Clawson's role in taking the helm of companies they struggled to emerge from backrupty.

It claims, Clawson had a hand in "bailouts" and "golden parachutes."

The phrase "golden parachute" refers to the often lucrative departure money executives get when they leave a company.

Warren Wright

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